Combination-tool.



PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906.

9T; B. MORRISS. I COMBINATION TOOL. APPLIOAIIQ-N 11.31) APR.11. '1906.

THE NDRRIS PETERS ca, WASHINGTON. 0.1:.

" To all 1070/0747, it may concern:

. THOMAS E. MORRISS, OF FoREsrBuRe. TEXAS. i I COMBINATION-TOOL.

Specification of LettersPatentn .Appllcatitnfilednpril1 151906. Serial Merriam.

Patented nea as, 1906.

Be it known that I, THoMAs E. MoRnI ss,

"citizen of the United States, residing at Forestburg, in the county of Montague .and State of Texas, have invented new 'and useful Improvements in Combination-Tools, of which the following is a Specification. g

This invention relates to combinationtools such as are used for various purposes. j

The objects of the invention are to improve and simplify the construction of such ber of uses to which they may be put.

devices; furthermore, to increase their efficiency in operation and to multiply the num' With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the "description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of constructionhereinafter described and claimed as a practical embodiment thereof. I

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 isa side .elevation of a combination-tool constructed in accordance with the present invention.' Fig. 2 is a view looking at the nail-pullingmember side of the tool. Fig. 3 is a view taken at a right angle to Fig. 1 and looking at the clamping-member side of the tool. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Like reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

Theimproved tool of this invention comprises what I shall for convenience term a nail-pulling member 1 and a clamping member 2. The nail-pulling member 1 is formed with a handle portion 3 and a working end 4. The working ends 4 preferably is bifurcated, as indicated at 5, to provide means for drawing nails. The clamping member 2 is formed with a handle portion 6. The handle portion 3 of the nail-pulling member 1 preferably is so shaped at its end as to provide a screw-driver 7, and the handle 6 of the clamping member 2 preferably is notched, as indicated at 8, to provide a convenient tack-puller. The two members 1 and 2 are pivotally connected with each other, as indicated at 9. The working end of the clamping member 2 is formed with a pair of integral ears or extensions 10, which, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, fit into cut-away portions 11, formed in the opposite sides of the nail-pulling member 1. The cars or extensions 10 are so shaped that they extend a considerable distance beyond the rearedge of the nail-pulling member 1 as indicatedfiat 12, the rear edge of said member 1 being indic'ated by the dotted line in Fig. 1. Each of the-ears or extensions 10 is formed on its. outer end with a series of teeth or projections 13, which are adapted when the handles 1' and 2 are moved'together to be pressed against ashoulder 14, formedon the working end 4 of the nail-pulling memberby the cutaway portion 11. The teeth 13, when cooperating with the shoulder 14, form a convenient means for clamping a wire in various operations such,' for example, as in the construction or, repair of Wire fences and the like.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 4, the rear or outer side of the working ends 4 of the nail-pulling member 1 is formed with a longitudinal slot 15, which causes the shoulders 14 to project rearwardly a slight distance from the rear or outer side of the member 1, as indicated by the dotted line in Fig. 1 and as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 4. By reason of the fact that the shoulders 14 and the ears or extensions 10 project rearwardly beyond the member 1, as described, said ears 10 and shoulders 14 may be caused to grasp a staple or the like in the act of withdrawing it from any substancein which it may be embedded. The inner or meeting portions of the members 1 and 2 on the side of the pivot 9 toward the handles 3 and 6 preferably are roughened or toothed, as indicated at 16, so as to provide further means for grasping a wire or the like in any one of the many operations for which the improved tool of this invention can be used.

While any convenient means may be used in connection with the tool of this invention for cutting wire and the like, still it is preferred that for the purpose mentioned the rear portion of each ear or extension 10 be recessed, as indicated at 17, and the member 1 is similarly recessed, as indicated at 18, so that w-hen'the handles 3 and 6 are moved into such position relatively to each other that the recesses 17 and 18 register together or are in alinement with each other, a wire may be fitted into such recesses and may be out by further relative movement of the handles in an old and well-known manner. In order to provide sharp and effective means for cuttin the wire, the hardened-steel blade 19 is fitted into a cut-away portionof one of the ears 10, and a similar blade 20 is fitted into a cut-away portion of the member 1.

From the foregoin descri tion it will be apparent to those ski led in t e art to which this invention appertains that the improved tool of this invention can be used for stretching and splicing wire in the construction or repair of fences and the like; for forming or withdrawing wire staples; for stretching and securing wire hoo s or bands on barrels, buckets, boxes, and the like; for pulling nails and tacks; for driving screws; for cutting wire, and-for many other purposes which will readily suggest themselves to the skilled mechanic.

Changes in the precise embodiment of invention illustrated and described may be made within the scope of the following claims without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What is claimed is- 1. A tool of the class set forth comprising two members, the one member having slots therethrough on opposite sides of the center and a handle in rear of the slots and the other member provided with a pair of cars movable in the said slots and also having a rearwardly-projecting handle, the front walls of the slots providing shoulders for engagement by the front terminals of the ears, the said front terminals of the ears being toothed.

2. A tool of the class set forth com )rising two members pivotally connected, the one member being formed with a pair of integral ears and the other member having slots on opposite sides of its longitudinal center to movably receive the said ears, the ears extending beyond the rear edge of the member having the slots therein and the latter provided with a longitudinal slot at the center, the front ends of the ears being toothed and cooperating with the front Walls of the slots which serve as shoulders.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS E. MORRISS. Witnesses D. L. COALE, W. B. LANE. 

